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<blockquote data-quote="Black 03 Z06" data-source="post: 107340" data-attributes="member: 1852"><p>Graham, great video. No "nannies" on that machine. </p><p></p><p>I have told this story before but in 1973 I was off work with a really bad cut on my hand. The Mosport Can Am was on and I went up a couple of days before the race when Donohue debuted the Porsche 917-30 Sunoco Can Am. Things were different then, you could just wander around, no one questioned why you were there. I ended up sitting right beside my hero Mark Donohue on the pit wall with the race car in arms length. He was in a bit of a foul mood as the belly pan had come loose on the back straight, you could hear the boom from the pits. He had been in a huge testing accident the year before with the 917-10 L&M Porsche at Atlanta when a body part came off. He missed most the 1972 season with a badly broken leg (I think he came back to win in Edmonton). George Follmer took over the car and won the Championship that year. At the time I was too shy to talk to him, a decision I have forever regretted. Donohue lost his life in August of 1975 at the Austrian Grand Prix F1 race.</p><p></p><p>The Porsche motor whined, popped and screamed while the Chevrolet Big Blocks literally thundered. It was perhaps a time in motorsport that was truly unique. Aerodynamics, huge tires and massive horsepower all came together. The Can Am racers were the fastest race cars in the world at the time, faster than F1. No real rules build it, come and race it. The Shadows are a perfect example of that. They were more like go karts, running on tiny little tires and wheels with big block power, throw a turbo on to go a little quicker. Insane.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again for the video.<img src="/styles/smilies-extra/vette-smileys/thumbsup.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbs:" title="Thumbsup :thumbs:" data-shortname=":thumbs:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Black 03 Z06, post: 107340, member: 1852"] Graham, great video. No "nannies" on that machine. I have told this story before but in 1973 I was off work with a really bad cut on my hand. The Mosport Can Am was on and I went up a couple of days before the race when Donohue debuted the Porsche 917-30 Sunoco Can Am. Things were different then, you could just wander around, no one questioned why you were there. I ended up sitting right beside my hero Mark Donohue on the pit wall with the race car in arms length. He was in a bit of a foul mood as the belly pan had come loose on the back straight, you could hear the boom from the pits. He had been in a huge testing accident the year before with the 917-10 L&M Porsche at Atlanta when a body part came off. He missed most the 1972 season with a badly broken leg (I think he came back to win in Edmonton). George Follmer took over the car and won the Championship that year. At the time I was too shy to talk to him, a decision I have forever regretted. Donohue lost his life in August of 1975 at the Austrian Grand Prix F1 race. The Porsche motor whined, popped and screamed while the Chevrolet Big Blocks literally thundered. It was perhaps a time in motorsport that was truly unique. Aerodynamics, huge tires and massive horsepower all came together. The Can Am racers were the fastest race cars in the world at the time, faster than F1. No real rules build it, come and race it. The Shadows are a perfect example of that. They were more like go karts, running on tiny little tires and wheels with big block power, throw a turbo on to go a little quicker. Insane. Thanks again for the video.:thumbs: [/QUOTE]
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